#Bryophyta

[plant-taxonomy-showdown]

Phylum Final Round!

For the Phylum Level Champion!

Reminder: This is the final PHYLUM round. Winner goes on to classes!

Magnoliophyta (aka angiosperms, flowering plants): A large, diverse phylum with over 300,000 known species. Two of the more well-known sub-divisions are monocots (including grains, onion-like plants, and irises and lilies) and eudicots (including most leafy trees, a wide variety of flowers such as sunflowers and roses, and many food plants from coffee to cabbages.)

Bryophyta (aka mosses): Small but mighty, and among the most ancient of land plants. 95% of all moss species are in the class Bryopsida, while Sphagnopsida contains the bog-loving peat mosses.

[mossinformed]

When people ask me how to get rid of the moss in their yard

[arknights-archive]

EN 4th anniversary stickers 1/2

[bluepicmi]

Bryophyta, my tiny family man

[rattyexplores]

Moss growing on a old rope.

30/07/23 - Bryophyta sp. - farmland, near remnant

[lichenaday]

Tortella inclinata

Shortleaf chalk moss, inclined twisted moss

Hey all, I have decided to transition to moss instead of lichens. I know this is a huge change and many of you will likely lose interest now that the focus of this blog has shifted so significantly, but I promise I will do my best to make moss as interesting as lichens. So please give a warm welcome to T. inclinata! This widespread, pioneer species grows on loose, calcareous substrates in sun-exposed habitats in cool-temperate regions. It has pale yellow-green stems and hooded, twisted leaves. It forms dense tufts up to 1 cm tall. This species is dioicous (has male and female parts on separate plant), and it forms curved ellipsoidal to cylindrical spore capsules in spring. So yeah, that's a moss for ya! Bryophytes are great and I totally like them more than lichens now.

(in case it isn't clear, this is an April Fool's joke and we will return to our regularly scheduled lichen posts tomorrow)

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[snototter]

Sphagnum moss (Sphagnum sp.) in Chattahoochee National Forest, GA, USA

by Alan Cressler

[autumnnnsun]

When Bryophyta kept hitting the truck he was using and screaming because he got overwhelmed by his responsibilities, that was a legitimately real moment that I was not expecting out of an event with a flying pink sheep ngl.

[plagiomnium]

[plant-taxonomy-showdown]

Phylum Semi-Finals

Big Spiky Things vs Little Soft Things

Pinophyta (conifers) fun fact: Giant sequoias, Sequoiadendron giganteum, can grow over 300 feet tall, 30 feet in diameter, and live for over 3,000 years. They are the world's largest trees.

Bryophyta (mosses) fun fact: Mosses in the Sphagnum genus can hold 16-26 times as much water as their dry weight.

[mossinformed]

I made my family pause Jurassic park bc there were cool lichens

[arknights-archive]

So Long, Adele rerun

[snowlilly]

[nyantodamax145]

BRYOPHYTA SKIN AND HE HAS HIS WHOLE TIDDY OUT I WIN

[rattyexplores]

Brightly colored moss in an area no one really cares about.

01/08/23 - Bryophyta: Bryaceae sp. - concrete entrance to parking lot

[axenyan]

New minis for cocoma heheheh... I want to add one more groub, but I'm still unsure.

Hopefully I can make it though.